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Everyone in SaaS Needs to Do Customer Support. At Least Until You Have 50-100 Employees. But Ideally, Forever.

SaaStr

A ways back we noted a great rant by David Marcus , now of Facebook, and previously President of PayPal. If you’re building an accounting application for healthcare — how many of your engineers will use it naturally on a daily basis? It worked magic with engineers, who really heard the complaints. Or Facebook.

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VP of Trust and other new SaaS titles

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

Managers reported to directors, reported to department vice-presidents, reported to division vice presidents, reported to group vice-presidents, ad infinitum. A Vice-President of Customer Experience But my interest in corporate titles was piqued recently.

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InsightSquared Names Todd Abbott President and COO, James Davison Vice President of Products

InsightSquared

10, 2020 – InsightSquared , the leading provider of revenue intelligence solutions, has announced the addition of Todd Abbott as President and Chief Operation Officer, and James Davison as Vice President of Products. As a former customer, Todd knows the challenges that revenue leaders face. BOSTON — Feb.

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ChurnZero’s 10 Customer Success Leaders to Watch in 2021

ChurnZero

Against the backdrop of wild economic uncertainty, Customer Success has been the failsafe of SaaS businesses that were blindsided by pandemic-induced churn and contraction. With Customer Success demand at an all-time high, we expect to see more of its leaders join the executive ranks in the coming months and years.

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ChurnZero’s 10 Customer Success Leaders to Watch in 2022

ChurnZero

As the demand for Customer Success surges within SaaS, so too does the need for effective leaders to spearhead this expanding function and steer its strategy and success. Over the course of the pandemic, Customer Success has cemented itself as a central business driver of growth and profit. 10 Customer Success Leaders to Watch in 2022.

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Product Manager Career Path: A Guide for Growing in Product Management

User Pilot

A degree in business, marketing, computer science, engineering, and data science can give you the foundation for a typical career path in product management. Many product leaders have a background in development, marketing , sales, customer support , UX design , and data management. They earn around $201k/year.

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How Yelp drove down churn by building up customer success

Intercom, Inc.

As a brand new company, you might engage in plenty of initiatives that are inherently un-scalable – because there’s no better way to nurture customer love than through a personal relationship. It’s time to start thinking about retention at scale and bring onboard a customer success team. Why you need a customer success team.